Abstract

BRAVO-NARANJO, Edward Julián. Chundu or pusana mala: Case report of a possible non recognized culture-bound syndrome. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2015, vol.63, n.3, pp.495-500. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v63n3.49417.

Culture-bound syndromes encompass certain symptoms that are identified as a specific illness in a certain cultural context and might be related or not to a more universal diagnostic category. Some of these syndromes have been described in Latin America, such as ataque de nervios, susto and mal de ojo, which are included in the DSM-IV, DSM-5 and LAGPD. This case describes the symptoms experimented by a 19-year-old indigenous woman from the Amazonian Yucuna ethnic group. Her condition was characterized by anxiety and visual hallucinations identified later as chundú or pusana mala, a culture-bound syndrome associated with love magic that has not been described in the scientific literature.

Keywords : Psychiatry; Psychotic disorders/ethnology; Anthropology; Medical; Mental disorders/ethnology; Magic/psychology; Colombia/ethnology.

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